I don't know about millions of dollars but he's making a good chunk as a VA that's for sure. You can argue about the worth of his technical skills and how it easily could have been anyone else, but the voice of Mario is very iconic as has a very universal appeal, that Nintendo nailed.He's the voice of Mario and Mario is worth a lot of money so it makes sense.

Better than meme youtubers getting millions of dollars for paid for reviews, screaming while playing fornite or fake vlogging. Zuckerberg getting paid zillions for making a glorified yahoo group. As overpaid people go he's small fish in the grand scheme of things.

>>5200459>>5200581He has 141 video game voice acting credits, to say nothing of his commercial and film/television work. He doesn't just go wee heu and get a million dollars, he got his millions by landing hundreds of paying gigs like almost any other rich actor has.

>>5200607He was initially hired to play Mario at corporate events, trade shows and to operate the equipment to make the 3D Mario head move that Nintendo made to show off their progress in the world of 3D. They'd implement a similar thing in Mario 64. Charles has a history with corporate acting for companies' promotional material. His improv was great, it was what they were looking for, so they hired him on the spot, and he made his way into the games. The rest is history.

>>5200916Well let's see: Highly successful in what he does, highly charismatic, a "fun" personality, great with kids, knew nothing about videogames until they were his job, shitty with computers (have you seen his website), charismatic, ambitious, industrious, good looking (at least in his youth, where he would have got experience), currently very wealthy, socially proof and alpha male.... dude this guy's been fucking 10/10 bitches left, right and centre since a few years after he was born.

He's definitely talented, but he also definitely got extremely lucky landing the mario gig. That's life. I think he deserves his riches though, he practically made mario the character he is today, so nintendo owes a lot to him. Better question is, does this guy truly feel fulfilled doing the same shit year after year now?

>>5200603>>5200712> This man makes millions of dollars> makes now equals madefucking hell. you're both illiterate fucking retards that are trying so hard to back peddle after being caught out talking FUCKING BULLSHIT.

makes and made are two different words, you illiterate fucking retards. he's may have MADE a few million doing the games but he does not MAKE anywhere near that per game. did any of you fucking ameritards pass yr 2 english classes?

He might not be Mel Blanc but he does to a good job on the Mario characters. Most people enjoy his silly voice and he does a good job at giving each of the characters different voices and personality. On camera he seems cheerful and happy being the center of attention where people just love watching him do his thing. >>5201232Luigi is my favorite. Just love the worriedness he gives off when doing him.

Wow, 20+ different posters and not one mention of how he attends dozens of different gaming/nerd conventions per year, selling autographs and merch?

I mean, I dropped a pair of $50 bills for the two things I wanted from him last month. Judging by the lines and amount of people going through his table, he was easily grossing some 1,000-2,000 USD per HOUR. Of course part of it goes to the convention center and merch, but still. I'd be absolutely shocked if he's profiting less than $200/hr when he's at a busy con.

>>5202861>>5202898It's sometimes a thing to have an understudy for popular characters. I recommend checking out I Know That Voice sometime, a documentary on voice actors. There is a part where they address Mel Blanc's passing and replacements for the various characters he voiced and how those people were chosen.

Example: most people here can give a pretty believable "D'oh I meesed" like Wario if they've tried a few times. Problem is, most folks will struggle to sound like him while talking casually, like what's heard in WarioWare: Gold, for example. A true successor to carry on Wario's voice would have to be able to hold an convincing impromptu conversation in his voice.